Partitions moyen chez Sierra Music Publications

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra, 'Ku-Damm' is the 1st movement of the Impressions of Berlin suite. Based on the blues, as so much of Oliver's music was, this bright swing (waltz feel) start...

Originally composed by Bill Holman for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Bob Curnow's arrangement of 'Solos' scores the melody in the unison saxophone section and is written for 8-brass. A straight-ahead, sw...

As recorded by the Oliver Nelson Orchestra on their album Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra, 'Checkpoint Charlie' is some of Nelson's most creative writing. Full of uptempo energy, Nelson masterfully inte...

Based on Lew Pollack's Dixieland composition of 'That's a Plenty', Les Hooper has arranged an exciting uptempo chart that features solo space for soprano saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and drums. This...

Written for the 50th Anniversary of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (2017), this chart will get your band and your audience up and swingin'!  There is plenty of solo space for Tenor Saxophone, Piano...

Bill Holman has given us a superb gift on his 90th birthday - his gift of swing, humor, great melody, and his always exciting ensemble passages. Here is his newest original - a buoyant, optimistic, ha...

Can you say 'trip-uh-let'? This fun, down home swingin' chart was recorded by the Les Hooper Big Band on 'Dorian Blue'. With reasonable brass ranges, there is plenty of solo space for baritone saxopho...

This wonderful piece, written by Rich DeRosa, was recorded on 'Lab 2017' by the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band. This 'loose' swinger features a tenor/bass duet melody, beautiful contrapuntal lines that weav...

This Bob Curnow arrangement was commissioned by Lawrence University for the 2018 Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend. It has a light and airy swing feel until the full ensemble starts to roar at the k...

Oliver Nelson arranged this tune to feature the legendary Art Farmer and was recorded on the album 'Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra'. It has been edited to be played with traditional instrument...

Here is the magnificent Slide Hampton arrangement of this timeless Thelonious Monk composition as recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra. It has all the elements you would expect from a gorgeous b...

The title says it all for this toe tapping Bill Holman arrangement of the classic Rogers & Hammerstein composition as recorded on the album, 'Bill Holman's Great Big Band'. Arranged in an up-tempo swi...

We are excited to put into print this terrific swingin' Al Cohn arrangement as edited to include 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, and 4 trombones. It was originally played by the Maynard Ferguson Big Band on the...

Holman's writing is legendary, and this chart will just add to the legend. All of the great characteristics of Bill's music are here ....unison lines, counterpoint, simplicity, a great theme, and a se...

A happy, cookin, shuffle tune in the best Holman tradition! Very reasonable ranges and figures which just swing like crazy! Solo space for alto and baritone saxes and drums. This could be the hit of H...

This great Sonny Rollins jazz standard features Holman's 1956 writing in a free-swinging, terrific chart. Brass ranges are very reasonable. Features tenor and trumpet solos. Full Score and parts for 5...

A hard-swinging, shuffle blues (a la the great Thad Jones) with a fresh, happy feeling. Solo space for piano, alto sax, trombone and trumpet. A great Opener for any performance. This is a highly recom...

Geoff's original music is the best! It is unique, very melodic and extremely interesting. Music from a great jazz pianist. This chart features baritone saxophone throughout. Very moderate ranges for b...

Johnny Richards is perhaps best known for his work with the Kenton band. However, this piece was written for his great New York Band and is a wonderful, melodic, not-too-hard chart. It features alto s...

This chart is a play on Minnie the Mooch and somewhat set in that era. It's a modern day Swing chart with bebop roots. The chart sounds old fashioned and modern all at the same time. It has modern ele...

Les has created another techno-swing chart that has overtones of the old swing band style, but it is set very much in modern day fashion. The 'open' solo section can feature any one or a number of sol...

Here is a most unusual chart, set in a celtic style, with shades of bag pipes and Scottish overtones. It is an extremely clever piece that opens and closes with the celtic sounds and has a roaring, sw...

This chart was recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on the CD I Told You So. This is yet another terrific Holman chart written for that band! A slow, swinging, Li'l Darlin - ish kind of chart, it has...

Boy are we proud to finally get a Shorty Rogers big band chart into print .....and this is a great one! This is the chart exactly as recorded on the Portrait of Shorty album (RCA). The wonderful thing...

Les has come up with another new, wonderful, medium-up-swing chart that will surely be a best-seller. The tune is almost celtic in its style, and the solo section in the middle of the chart is flexibl...